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New Laptop for 3ds Max

  • 22-10-2012 11:51am
    #1
    boriordan
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭


    Hey all,

    I'm in the market for a new laptop for less than €650. It will mainly be used for programs such as 3d studio Max & Unity3d. I've been looking on computer universe but there are so many there I can't decide.

    15" screen should be enough.
    Windows 7
    HD size isn't so important.
    Playing some games on medium settings would be good.
    SSD would be nice but not essential
    1 USB 3 port would be nice too going forward.

    Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated

    Thanks,

    Brian


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    TBH, €650 is too low a budget for a powerful laptop with gaming capabilities and a solid state disk and you'll want as much processing power as you can get for 3DS Max and Unity. If you configure the Genesis IV at PCS with the following specs, it will cost £550/€676 (plus delivery):

    lTcpA.jpg

    Incl. 3 yr warranty and OS installation DVD.

    Of course, Intel HD 4000 isn't exactly gaming material but it can play a lot of games at low or medium setting, check the gaming benchmarks here. Or add the GT 635M to the above configuration (£70).


  • #3
    boriordan
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭boriordan


    Thanks very much Torqay, that looks pretty good to me. I knew I was being optimistic with the SSD and games requests so I'm ok without them.

    Is the build quality of these machines ok yeah?


  • #4
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Didn't hear any complaints from people who bought their computers there. Except maybe for the waiting list getting longer. I suppose that's the price of popularity. ;)

    Forgot to mention that you can order w/o Windows if you don't need the OS, the savings will pay for the Nvidia GPU.


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